Scaling policy preferences from coded political texts

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-155

  Will, Lowe ^a   Benoit, Kenneth ^b   Slava, Mikhaylov ^c   Laver, Michael ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951694330     PISSN: 03629805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-9162.2010.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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